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City of Detroit Planner III Urban Design West Region in Detroit, Michigan

Planner III Urban Design West Region

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Planner III Urban Design West Region

Salary

$76,394.00 - $94,881.00 Annually

Location

Coleman A Young Municipal Center, MI

Job Type

Certified-Regular Civil Service

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number

2024419305203PDDPA

Department

Planning Department

Opening Date

10/30/2024

Closing Date

12/4/2024 11:59 PM Eastern

Bargaining Unit

9000-Non Union Salary Regular Service General

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Description

The Planning and Development Department (PDD) is seeking to fill a Planner III-Urban Design position

within the West Region, helping advance PDD’s vision for creating a world-class and inclusive planning

and development department which sets the standard for equitable and innovative large-city planning.

The Planner III's primary responsibility in realizing this vision will be the project management of a

neighborhood framework plan, a neighborhood implementation project, and /or a corridor analysis in the

West Region (covering City Council Districts 1, 2 and 7). The Planner III will work closely with the

Director of the West Region to formulate, orchestrate, and implement strategies for revitalizing Detroit

in a collaborative and equitable manner.

A key function of the role is to lead one or two major development projects through the interdepartmental,

community and Council processes while interacting extensively with internal and external stakeholders.

Planner IIIs are strong project managers, strategic thinkers, and solution-oriented problem-solvers. They

communicate effectively across cultural and class barriers, they are compelling public speakers, and they are

strong writers. They possess technical aptitude in urban design or spatial analytics, or preferably both.

A Planner in this class serves as a non-supervisory member assigned to the Planning and Development Department.

This class, in coordination with the Planning Director, is responsible for community planning in coordination with city

wide planning and goals, and identifying community needs, resources, and problems. Planners assist citizens to make

decisions on goals, policies, priorities, plans, programs, and methods of implementation designed to create a

physical, economic, and social environment in which the human activities desired by the members of the community

may flourish.

Examples of Duties

Planner III work centers in three areas:

First, the Planner III leads collaboration with other City departments and public agencies, local developers,

political and corporate stakeholders, community-based organizations, and the community at large. They

also handle the administrative responsibilities of executing plans, such as: administering bidding processes,

overseeing consultant teams, and invoicing among others.

Second, Planner IIIs design and orchestrate community engagement and co-planning activities. This may

involve in-person outreach including pop-ups, canvassing, and walking tours; producing display boards

and outdoor signage; conducting surveys and analyzing the results; facilitating town hall meetings and

focus groups; and producing content for social media among other engagement methods.

Third, Planner IIIs conduct spatial analyses on topics such as property inventory, real estate market trends,

flood risk, socioeconomic indicators, among other topics. And they produce analytical, diagrammatic, and

illustrative graphics such as site plans and digital 3D models for real estate development, landscape design

for vacant lots, urban design diagramming, and before/after renderings among other applications.

Planner 3s (Urban Design) perform a full range of planning functions including but not limited to:

• Leading collaboration with external stakeholder organizations and the community at large;